near-significantP = 0.13
At 6 weeks postoperatively, a healed hip capsule (with no apparent capsulotomy defect) was observed in 10 (43.4%) hips that underwent capsular repair and 4 (15.4%) hips that did not undergo capsular repair, a difference that was near-significant [ χ 2 (1) = 2.29, P = 0.13].